Wartime entertain and bake at home guidance
Wartime morale piece advises simple gatherings at nearby homes with coffee and cookies instead of lavish dinners. Includes three course idea across three homes, movie or concert after, and practical recipes for Applesauce Cake Honey Oatmeal Wafers Ginger Snaps Chocolate Pinwheels and a chicken mushroom souffle. Lynn Chambers recipes offered by Western Newspaper Union.
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Mrs. Jones
Lynn Chambers
Western Newspaper Union
South Desplaines Street
Chicago
Illinois
Lynn Says Hospitality Unrationed for Entertaining
Practical tips for home entertaining with kitchen themes. Suggests using a gay checkered cloth background, a wooden chopping bowl centerpiece, and candles in small squashes. Recommends guests help with dishes and playful games like slogan contests and kitchen utensil scrambles. Proposes Mother Goose theme for children's parties with costumed children reading rhymes.
Is It Love or Restlessness for War Wives
Kathleen Norris notes wartime wives and mothers traveling to camps to see soldiers. She portrays Helen and her children begging for food and shelter while Harry, away in the service, distances himself, highlighting the strain on families and rail travel regulations during wartime.
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Millers
Quentin
Maine
Boston
California
Miller
Omaha
Iowa
Harry
Helen
San Diego
Charity
Bill
Chalk mark scare at DeWolfe estate ends in clash
Mrs. Cornelius L DeWolfe fears gangsters marked her home after finding a chalk cross on the lane gate. Pierre and Arturo confront a robber at the west gate, with Pierre sustaining minor injuries and the intruder escaping. The drama unfolds as the household hails Pierre as a brave defender.
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Cornelius L. Dewolfe
DeWolfe
de Wolfe
Cornelius L
Pierre
Arturo
Art
That Should Be Fast Enough to Suit Anyone
An excited woman declares a dry goods apron color fastness failed after first wash. The young clerk questions the claim while the customer presses the point that the color ran, prompting a witty exchange about the meaning of fast.
Visiting wives and children burden busy army camps
Kathleen Norris argues visiting soldiers’ wives and children worsen conditions at crowded camps. She says travel by crowded trains is impractical and unfair to children, with irregular meals, poor sleep, and slim lodging. A long letter from husbands would matter more.
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Kathleen Norris
Military spend on recreational facilities tops two hundred million
The army and navy have spent about 200 million dollars for recreational facilities including athletics equipment indoor games shows and music.
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Army
Navy
Alien Patents Offered To U S Firms In 1942
The Alien Property Custodian offered 40,000 alien patents and copyrights to American businesses. Since then licenses for about 3,100 patents have been requested by fewer than 400 of the 200,000 companies in the country, with licenses potentially royalty free and near costless.
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Pathfinder
Blair House Hosts Notable Foreign Dignitaries Since 1942
Since May 6 1942 Blair House has served as the government guest mansion for official visitors unable to stay at the White House. Notable occupants include King George of Greece and King Peter of Yugoslavia along with their parties.
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America
White House
Blair House
George
Greece
King Peter
Jugoslavia
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Housemold Lumm
Hambens
Lynn
By Kathleen Norris
Buster
Mabel
Feathers
Leeis
Pillow Mfg. CO
Cole Street
U. S. Guest Mansion
Grove
Exac
Matey
United States Army Map Service
Lydia
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
WNU
Doans
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